Walker to speak at May 23 program

by jmaloni

Mon, May 16th 2011 02:45 pm

Former
Lewiston-Porter coach and athletic director Jimmy Walker will speak on "33
Years of Lew-Port Sports" at this month's Historical Association of Lewiston
program. The event will be held at the Barton Hill Hotel & Spa, 100 Center
St., in Lewiston, at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 23. The event is free and open to the
public.

Coach Walker has seen
it all. A Lewiston native, he was a 1952 Lew-Port graduate who excelled at
basketball and still holds the record for the most rebounds in a single game.

After graduating from
Lew-Port, he went to the University at Buffalo on a basketball scholarship and
eventually landed a job back at Lew-Port. Starting in 1968, most everyone knew
him as "Coach" Walker. He was athletic director from 1990-2001.

Walker has stories
about everything - from getting kicked out of kindergarten at the Red Brick
School, to how Harry Blakeslee hired him, to coaching Jim Johnstone, who went
on to become a professional basketball player. Joining Walker will be his high
school teammate, Bill Vrooman, who will share some stories of his own.